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Title: San Diego-based destroyers deploying to Asia-Pacific region
Post by: rangerrebew on April 16, 2017, 09:30:58 am
San Diego-based destroyers deploying to Asia-Pacific region


WYATT OLSON/STARS AND STRIPES


By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 13, 2017

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — A surface action group of Navy destroyers has arrived in Hawaii ahead of a deployment to the Asia-Pacific region.

Deployment of the USS Sterett and USS Dewey from their San Diego homeport will expand U.S. Pacific Command’s options as it monitors North Korea’s nuclear-weapons program development and China’s military actions in the region.

https://www.stripes.com/news/navy/san-diego-based-destroyers-deploying-to-asia-pacific-region-1.463272#.WPM6EKK1v4b